all of us look at traditionss, all of us look at precedent. all of us look at purposes, all of us look at consequences viewed in light of the purposes. but some judges will as i've said, pay much more attention to text and precedent and they believe they can-- history can answer the question and others like me believe those things don't very often. >> rose: this is what i think political scientists have also determined, and these words aren't necessarily perfect but that within what is considered to be a liberal group, you are the one who most often strays. >> it's up to others to say whether decisions are liberal or conservative. it is up to me to try to get the decision as best i can a correct decision. and if you want to know this isn't meant to be necessarily about me, but i think the easiest way for me to try to get other people to understand what we do on the court is for me to go back over my decisions, as i've done, and say are there some general approachs that explain how i have reached decisions in different areas. and that's what i